Photography by Bob Sharples: Spotted Crake at Marazion Marsh

Thursday, 3 September 2009

Spotted Crake at Marazion Marsh

Quick visit to Stithians nothing happening there. Went home did a spot of plumbing finished about 4pm so nipped down Marazion. Once there true to form it rained. So low light and damp to contend with. Saw the spotted crake a short distance away. It was in amongst the reeds so I selected an f stop of F9 to gain some depth of field as it was difficult to pick out the bird. This mean't I was shooting at 1/30-1/40th sec. So the shots are acceptable but not 100 million % sharp.

Spotted Crake: Exif: Canon 1D Mk111, 600mm f4 lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture, F9, 1/30 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop

Heron: Exif: Canon 1d mk111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture priority, f5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop

Spotted Crake:
Exif: Canon 1d mk111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture priority, f5.6, 1/60 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop

Spotted Crake: Exif: Canon 1D Mk111, 600mm f4 lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture, F9, 1/40 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop

Cormorant: Exif: Exif: Canon 1D Mk111, 600mm f4 lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture, F7.1, 1/800 sec, ISO 400, +0.7 stop

5 comments:

The Watcher said...: Nice shots Bob.; 3 September 2009 at 22:07
JRandSue said...: Well done Bob,I knew you would get the shots.
Excellent job,cracking bird.
Cya soon.
John.; 3 September 2009 at 23:11
Rachel said...: ok so how long after i went did you see it?; 4 September 2009 at 07:50
Bobbster said...: About 20 minutes Rachel, I waved at everyone but I just got a really good ignoring so had it to myself. Light was very poor though without that tripod you of been lucky to get a shot. It was in that first bit of reeds on our left ie about 10ft ahead of me right on the corner.; 4 September 2009 at 07:55
swopticsphoto said...: The Grey Heron creeping through the reeds is superb Bob - it looks like front cover shot.; 4 September 2009 at 15:50